School of Culture and Society
Organisational unit: Faculty
Organisation profile
The School of Culture and Society continues an almost thirty-year tradition of teaching and research in cultural studies at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. At the faculty, more than one hundred scholars from disciplines such as art history, literary studies, media studies, philosophy, sociology, geography and history teach and conduct research in a total of five institutes. The faculty currently offers three majors ("Cultural Studies," "Studium Individuale", and "Digital Media") and four minors ("Philosophy," "Digital Media / Information Technology and Culture", and "Studium Individuale") at Leuphana College and four master's degrees ("Critical Studies - Arts - Theory - History", "Media and Digital Cultures", "Culture and Organization" and "Theory and History of Modernity").
Topics
Die Wissenschaftsinitiative Kulturforschung fragt nach den historischen und kulturellen Grundlagen, Praktiken und Werten der Zivilgesellschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Aus der Perspektive der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften verbindet die Initiative zwei anwendungsorientierte Forschungsschwerpunkte (Kunst & visuelle Kultur, Medienkultur & Kommunikation) mit einem starken Kernbereich Integrativer Kulturforschung. Beteiligt sind derzeit etwa 20 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Kunst, Medien, Philosophie, Geschichte, Literatur, Soziologie, Politik, Informatik und Geographie/Raumwissenschaft.
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The edge of virtual communities ? An explorative analysis of clans and computer games
Wimmer, J., Quandt, T. & Vogel, K., 2010, Exploring the Edges of Gaming: Proceedings of the Vienna Games Conference 2008-2009 Future and Reality of Gaming . Mitgutsch, K., Klimmt, C. & Rosenstingl, H. (eds.). Braumüller Verlag, p. 77-90 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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The Mobile Phone: From an Instrument of Microcoordination to a Universal Control Device
Burkart, G., 2010, The World in your Hand: On the everyday global culture of the mobile phone. Yoshida, M., Mennicke-Schwarz, C., Feigelfeld, P. & Wenzel, J. (eds.). 1. ed. Leipzig: Spector Books, p. 498-517 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Theorie des Buches
Faulstich, W., 2010, Vom Eigensinn des Buches. Huffmann, J-F. & Röper, A. (eds.). Berlin: alertverlag, p. 70-78 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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’... the world was becomming numerical.’: Informationsgrafik und Kunst in Dierk Schmidts ‚Die Teilung der Erde’
Leeb, S. A., 2010, Dierk Schmidt. The Division of the Earth: Tableaux on the Legal Synopses of the Berlin Africa Conference. 1 ed. Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, p. 112-121 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Think-Tank-Denken: Zur Epistemologie der Beratung
Brandstetter, T., Pias, C. & Vehlken, S., 2010, Think Tanks. Die Beratung der Gesellschaft. Brandstetter, T., Pias, C. & Vehlken, S. (eds.). Diaphanes Verlag, p. 17-58 42 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Think Tanks: Die Beratung der Gesellschaft
Brandstetter, T. (ed.), Pias, C. (ed.) & Vehlken, S. (ed.), 2010, Berlin/Zürich: Diaphanes Verlag. 123 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Tourismusräume: Zur soziokulturellen Konstruktion eines globalen Phänomens
Wöhler, K. (ed.), Pott, A. (ed.) & Denzer, V. (ed.), 2010, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 320 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Touristsein als temporäres Sein in alltagsabgewandten Räumen
Wöhler, K., 2010, Auf den Spuren der Touristen: Perspektiven auf ein bedeutsames Handlungsfeld. Lauterbach, B. (ed.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 175-198 24 p. (Kulturtransfer. Alltagskulturelle Beiträge; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Toward the future of human body
Runkel, G., 2010, Science Without Borders: Ecology and forests for public health. Transactions of the International Academy of Sciene H&E. Kofler, W. & Khalilov, E. (eds.). SWB International Publishing House , p. 112-116 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Toward the future of human body
Runkel, G., 2010, In: BECTHKИ. 1, p. 45-47 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research